Third-person singular simple present indicative form of applique
aquaplane
aquaplane
noun
A board ridden by a standing person and pulled by a motorboat for entertainment
verb
(automotive, UK) For a car or similar vehicle to slide along the road on a thin film of water between the road and the tyres. This occurs when a car has some speed and comes to somewhere with more water on the road than the weight of the car and the grooves in the tyre tread pattern (if any) can push away. The result is almost no traction at all for steering or braking.
To ride such a board.
aquascope
aquascope
noun
A device used to view beneath the surface of water
chappaqua
chappaqua
Proper noun
A hamlet in Westchester County, New York.
equipages
equipages
noun
plural of equipage
equipedal
equipedal
adj
(zoology) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.
nonopaque
nonopaque
adj
Not opaque.
opalesque
opalesque
adj
Similar to opal; having some of the qualities of opal.
palanquin
palanquin
noun
A covered type of litter for a stretched-out passenger, carried on four poles on the shoulders of four or more bearers, as formerly used (also by colonials) in eastern Asia.
palaquium
pamaquine
pamaquine
noun
(pharmacology) A drug used for the treatment of malaria, closely related to primaquine; it was the first synthetic antimalarial.
paniquita
paraquats
paraquats
noun
plural of paraquat
paraquets
paraquets
noun
plural of paraquet
paroquets
paroquets
noun
plural of paroquet
parqueted
parqueted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parquet
parquetry
parquetry
noun
The technique of applying wooden tiles or veneers to create a decorative geometrical pattern on floors, furniture etc.
parroquet
pasquiler
pasquilic
paycheque
paycheque
noun
Alternative form of paycheck
pentaquin
pentaquin
noun
An 8-amino-quinoline derivative used to treat malaria.
pequabuck
pipsqueak
pipsqueak
noun
Alternative spelling of pip-squeak
piquantly
piquantly
adv
In a piquant manner; with piquancy.
plaquette
plaquette
noun
(physics) The smallest closed loop, enclosing the region between four lattice sites, in lattice gauge theory.
A small metal tablet decorated in bas-relief, usually with a design including figures.
plastique
plastique
noun
(countable) A form of physical exercise that involves rotation of the joints.
(dated, uncountable) A plastic explosive.
poughquag
pratiques
pratiques
noun
plural of pratique
preacquit
quadruped
quadruped
noun
A four-footed or four-legged animal.
A mammal ambulating on all fours.
quadruple
quadruple
adj
Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
noun
(skating) A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.
Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc.
verb
(intransitive) To increase by a factor of four.
(rail transport) To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.